diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 14612f91..3dbfab9a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ dev = [
     "pre-commit>=3.3.3",
     "pytest>=7.4.0",
     "pytest-cov>=4.1.0",
+    "pytest-asyncio",
     "pydoclint",
     # for integration tests.
     "pandas[parquet]",
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index b799e7fa..e3051f64 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ pydantic-core==2.18.4
 pydoclint==0.5.3
 pyproject-hooks==1.1.0
 pytest==8.2.2
+pytest-asyncio==0.23.7
 pytest-cov==5.0.0
 python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
 pytz==2024.1
diff --git a/src/lakefs_spec/asyn/__init__.py b/src/lakefs_spec/asyn/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..080de97d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lakefs_spec/asyn/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from .spec import AsyncLakeFSFileSystem
+
+__all__ = ["AsyncLakeFSFileSystem"]
diff --git a/src/lakefs_spec/asyn/spec.py b/src/lakefs_spec/asyn/spec.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e1cac610
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lakefs_spec/asyn/spec.py
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+from typing import Any
+
+from fsspec.asyn import AsyncFileSystem
+
+from lakefs_spec import LakeFSFileSystem, LakeFSTransaction
+from lakefs_spec.util import async_wrapper
+
+
+class AsyncLakeFSFileSystem(AsyncFileSystem):
+    """Asynchronous wrapper around a LakeFSFileSystem"""
+
+    protocol = "lakefs"
+    transaction_type = LakeFSTransaction
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        host: str | None = None,
+        username: str | None = None,
+        password: str | None = None,
+        api_key: str | None = None,
+        api_key_prefix: str | None = None,
+        access_token: str | None = None,
+        verify_ssl: bool = True,
+        ssl_ca_cert: str | None = None,
+        proxy: str | None = None,
+        create_branch_ok: bool = True,
+        source_branch: str = "main",
+        **storage_options: Any,
+    ):
+        super().__init__(**storage_options)
+
+        self._sync_fs = LakeFSFileSystem(
+            host,
+            username,
+            password,
+            api_key,
+            api_key_prefix,
+            access_token,
+            verify_ssl,
+            ssl_ca_cert,
+            proxy,
+            create_branch_ok,
+            source_branch,
+            **storage_options,
+        )
+
+    async def _rm_file(self, path, **kwargs):
+        return async_wrapper(self._sync_fs.rm_file)(path)
+
+    async def _cp_file(self, path1, path2, **kwargs):
+        return async_wrapper(self._sync_fs.cp_file)(path1, path2, **kwargs)
+
+    async def _pipe_file(self, path, value, **kwargs):
+        return async_wrapper(self._sync_fs.pipe_file)(path, value, **kwargs)
+
+    async def _cat_file(self, path, start=None, end=None, **kwargs):
+        return async_wrapper(self._sync_fs.cat_file)(path, start, end, **kwargs)
+
+    async def _put_file(self, lpath, rpath, **kwargs):
+        return async_wrapper(self._sync_fs.put_file)(lpath, rpath, **kwargs)
+
+    async def _get_file(self, rpath, lpath, **kwargs):
+        return async_wrapper(self._sync_fs.get_file)(rpath, lpath, **kwargs)
+
+    async def _info(self, path, **kwargs):
+        return async_wrapper(self._sync_fs.info)(path, **kwargs)
+
+    async def _ls(self, path, detail=True, **kwargs):
+        return async_wrapper(self._sync_fs.ls)(path, detail, **kwargs)
diff --git a/src/lakefs_spec/util.py b/src/lakefs_spec/util.py
index 83422328..bd11628e 100644
--- a/src/lakefs_spec/util.py
+++ b/src/lakefs_spec/util.py
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import asyncio
+import functools
 import hashlib
 import os
 import re
-from typing import Any, Callable, Generator, Protocol
+from typing import Any, Callable, Coroutine, Generator, ParamSpec, Protocol, TypeVar
 
 from lakefs_sdk import Pagination
 from lakefs_sdk import __version__ as __lakefs_sdk_version__
@@ -108,3 +110,18 @@ def parse(path: str) -> tuple[str, str, str]:
 
     repo, ref, resource = results.groups()
     return repo, ref, resource
+
+
+P = ParamSpec("P")
+T = TypeVar("T")
+
+
+def async_wrapper(fn: Callable[P, T]) -> Callable[P, Coroutine[None, None, T]]:
+    """Wrap a synchronous function in an asyncio coroutine."""
+
+    @functools.wraps(fn)
+    async def _wrapper(*args: P.args, **kwargs: P.kwargs) -> T:
+        loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
+        return await loop.run_in_executor(None, lambda: fn(*args, **kwargs))
+
+    return _wrapper
diff --git a/tests/test_util.py b/tests/test_util.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..623a13db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_util.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import pytest
+
+from lakefs_spec.util import async_wrapper
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_async_wrapper():
+    def sync_add(n: int) -> int:
+        return n + 42
+
+    async_add = async_wrapper(sync_add)
+
+    assert await async_add(42) == sync_add(42)